• Car Shopping
  Need a new vehicle for your small business? Hate haggling with car lot sales staff? Check this out.

• Final Sale
  Before you shut down your small business and head for the good retirement life, you need to get right with the IRS.

GET CONNECTED TIPS
Nifty ideas you can use to build a better business

• Personalized Postcards
  Boost the response rate to your postcard marketing by personalizing the cards you send.

• Meeting Turn Offs
  The next time you conduct a business meeting, try these tactics to increase attention and participation.

GET CONNECTED TAXES
Savvy strategies to help reduce your taxes

• Corporate E-filing
  This year, corporations had the option of filing their annual income tax return electronically for the first time.

• Get Smart
  A new book by James O. Parker can help relieve some of the tax confusion that small-business owners face.

GET CONNECTED TO-DO
Trade shows, conferences, seminars and workshops to boost your business

• Handling Difficult and Demanding Customers:
  A Communications Course
  June 17, 2004
  Spokane, Wash.
  
  During this one-day workshop from Padgett-Thompson Seminars, you’ll learn how to effectively respond to all types of difficult customers through proactive service techniques.
   

• AMA’s 5-Day MBA Program
  June 21-25, 2004
  New York City
  
  This accelerated week-long presentation from the American Management Association (AMA) distills the core curriculum covered in most university-level graduate business programs.

GET CONNECTED TRAINING
Know-how you need to succeed

• Teen Buying Spree
  If your retail apparel business caters to teenagers, keep your inventory stocked.

• Pay-Per-Click
  Don’t let your competitors steal customers with pay-per-click (PPC) advertising.